Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also caused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions.


Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also

The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also

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(A)中“系统化的砍伐森林产生农场并且能给消费者一些便宜的房子和家具(the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland, which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture)”和“系统化的砍伐森林引起侵蚀和沙漠化(the systematic clearing of forests caused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions)”是递进关系(not only…but also);(B)中两者是转折关系(but)。 “系统化的砍伐森林产生农场并且能给消费者一些便宜的房子和家具”与“导致腐蚀和很快的沙漠化”之间是相反的是两个事件,前者是好事,后者是坏事。因此,两个句子之间的关系应该是转折关系而不是递进关系,答案为(B)。

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